So I should be able to take this app as it stands now and deploy it on a
linux box without any code change if I wanted to?


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 8:24 PM, Ada <[email protected]> wrote:

> Chuck, I guess I'd have to go back tomorrow and Check my WO version, but
> my gut feeling tells me it is 5.4.2, that was the version released in late
> '07 early '08 that supported the Mac Intels.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Chuck Hill <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>  Hi,
>>
>>   On 2014-04-15, 4:48 PM, "Ada" wrote:
>>
>>      Thanks all for the responses!
>>
>>  Some answers to your questions:
>>
>> "I think what you are saying is that you were using Apple Development
>> tools including Xcode and WOBuilder to design your apps but now… now you’ve
>> upgraded your Mac and you can’t run them anymore…. You sorta know that your
>> only choice is to go Eclipse… does this sound like your situation? I’m
>> guessing too :-) ""   -- Yes, can no longer run WO on my current machine.
>> It is dying, and cannot patch it with anymore old parts.
>>
>>  Plain JSP is what I am thinking of switching to.
>>
>>  The reason we're stripping out the webobjects from the code is due to
>> the server it lies on. It is running on a decade old mac, version 10.5.8.
>>  My understanding is that i cannot run a webobjects app on a windows box
>> (or maybe Red Hat)? Am I correct with my thoughts on that....?
>>
>>
>>  If you are running WebObjects 5.4.x, then it will run on any box with
>> JDK 1.5 – 1.7 (not sure about 1.8).  If you meant WebObjects 4.5.x then
>> that is Objective-C based and you have a much worse problem.  As of version
>> 5.0, WebObjects is pure java.
>>
>>
>>  Chuck
>>
>>
>>      I need a simple Java framework to convert all the code in, JSP is
>> what I first thought of, but I'm open to suggestions.
>>  The application listserv type app, where users are creating, adding,
>> removing people form listservs.
>>  As, one of you mentioned it does use the EOF, so I would need to rewrite
>> that, and I don't know much as to what it is involved in there eitehr
>> either.
>>  Any guidance as to what to expect would be greatly appreciated.
>> Apologies for the confusing questions.
>>
>>  Thank you all!
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Timothy Worman <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>>  Golipse should install Eclipse 3.8.2, WOLips, and some other tools,
>>> etc.
>>>
>>>  Tim
>>>
>>>  On Apr 15, 2014, at 1:24 PM, Aaron Rosenzweig <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>   Hi Ada,
>>>
>>>  Hey sorry… so many responses and we’re all confused.
>>>
>>>  I think what you are saying is that you were using Apple Development
>>> tools including Xcode and WOBuilder to design your apps but now… now you’ve
>>> upgraded your Mac and you can’t run them anymore…. You sorta know that your
>>> only choice is to go Eclipse… does this sound like your situation? I’m
>>> guessing too :-)
>>>
>>>  WO 5.4 is pure java. There is nothing to convert.
>>>
>>>  When you switch to Eclipse and install the WOLips plugin it will work.
>>> You don’t need to convert anything.
>>>
>>>  Get Eclipse version 3.7.x and WOLips.
>>>
>>>  Cheers,
>>>     *AARON ROSENZWEIG* / Chat 'n Bike <http://www.chatnbike.com/>
>>>
>>> *e:*  [email protected]  *t:*  (301) 956-2319 <%28301%29%20956-2319>
>>>   [image: Chat 'n Bike] [image: Chat 'n Bike]
>>>
>>>  On Apr 15, 2014, at 4:16 PM, David LeBer <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  WebObjects *is* pure java (there is no magic ‘other’ language or
>>> anything). It is a full web publishing stack.
>>>
>>> If you have a WebObjects application, you are probably talking to a
>>> database, if so that uses the entity relational mapping layer of WebObjects
>>> called EOF.
>>>
>>> The display layer of the stack builds UI elements using WOComponents
>>> (each comprised of a chunk of HTML, it’s associated Java and a bindings
>>> file (.wod) to tie them together), and has classes to handle session
>>> management etc.
>>>
>>> If by “pure java” you mean “unencumbered by Apple’s frameworks” then you
>>> are faced with rewriting your application to use a different ERM layer and
>>> display layer. Perhaps Tapestry/Cayenne. Regardless, this is not a simple
>>> undertaking.
>>>
>>> D
>>>
>>> On Apr 15, 2014, at 3:48 PM, Ada <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> The GUI of the app is in webobjects; there's components which utilize WO.
>>>
>>> I am not sure what to expect if I were to take the code and run it on
>>> Eclipse without WOLips, I am going to try that soon, but was looking some
>>> guidance on how to rewrite the GUI (it is rather simple) into Java.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Chuck Hill <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> How is it not pure Java now?
>>>
>>> Chuck
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2014-04-15, 12:25 PM, "Ada" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> We're looking to convert one of our WebObjects Apps to pure java.
>>> Wondering if there's a tool which could help with this process. The
>>> application is running WO 5.4 on Java 5.
>>>
>>> Any advice would be greatly appreciated
>>>
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